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About Me

MUSIC STORE INFO:
[unless noted, each track is part of a live set, 100% raw and riddled with honesty and humanity]
*Extra, Extra [studio] = specially recorded for the STAND benefit CD for Darfur genocide victims (2006).
*TheVault 4/20 (part1) = Extra, Extra; No Break Til Dawn; Breathe.
*TheVault 4/20 (part2) = All I Want; Dream; Frustration.
We were all really good at beer pong. So good, in fact, that we were training for the World Series of Beer Pong when Matt had a tragic accident that left him with terribly hindered depth perception. With our dreams crushed, we decided to pursue our second passion: music. While we sometimes miss the thrill of competition, we can't help but think it might have been fate. We take ourselves very seriously, but believe life is for laughing and having fun, and we strive for this in our songs and shows.
Boring details:
* formed: officially late 2003, but jamming together since 2000.
* from: Temecula, CA, though currently practicing in Fallbrook.
* most recent CD: "Born Naked, Die Naked" [see below]
* endorsements: Tereska Clothing Company
* coolest show: House of Blues - San Diego?
* other accomplishments: music video [see below], radio airplay on X103.9 , music featured on 2007 season of MTV's "Next"

New CD: "Born Naked, Die Naked"
(available as free burned copy at any of our shows or send us a message to get it by other means)
1) Dream
2) All I Want
3) Breathe
4) Broken Home
5) Caity, Erin & Emma
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/29/2004
Band Website: striketwelve.com
Band Members: Matt Turek (guitar/vocals)
Joe Treister (bass/vocals)
Dan Bahou (drums)
Influences: NOFX, the vandals, green day, pulley, offspring, lagwagon, AFI, against me!, bigwig, blink 182, rise against, the lawrence arms, no use for a name, bad religion, metal, sublime, beer.

Some bands we've played with:
1208, A Calmer Day, A Silent Heartbeat, Alico, Allotic, BALLS OUT , Bedlam, BLUEPRINT 76, Breaking Ground, Bull Rider, By All Means Necessary, Carry On Polaroid, Chatter Chatter, DAMNBABY! , Dark Haven, Doctors Never Die, Drowning Fish, ELICIT, Exit 21, Facing Forever, Far From Famous, Filth & Sex, FLESROY, Forever Came Calling, HAT TRICK, Hazzle, Hemingway, Hollywood Endings, Honor Wounds, Ignorant, INVERSE , KINGSLAND, Left on Rockford, Lester Special, LOST?, LOVE EQUALS DEATH, Misled Citizen, Muff, New Tomorrow, NICOLLEN, No One Goes Home, OFF TRACK, One Second Left, Piracy, Ready for Vegas, Rip-Off Johnny, Roadside Affair, Rookie 7, Run Home Jack, RYAN MUDD & THE STUFF, Safety Orange, Slim Chances, Southcott, Stripped Down Hollywood, Suffer the Heat, The Accused, The Boozehounds, The Brobecks, The Culprits, The Fall Project, The Knife in Iris, THE MESSIES, THE OUTSIDE VIEW, The Rainman Suite, The Skank Agents, THIS THAT AND THE OTHER, Tokyo Static, Versai, Victim of Society, Worst Episode Ever, X the Owl, Your Favorite Something, Zero2None,
Splitting Seconds, The Gunslinger, Bobbysox, Check Raised, Tres Lunas, VX36, A Class Act, Band of the Dead, Upset the Applecart, I Catch Fire, City Redefined.
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My Blog

Article: The Californian, 2/14/08 by Erika Sorocco

(copied from http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/16/entertainment/mus ic/12_37_262_13_08.txt) Chemistry is key for Strike TwelveBy: ERIKA SOROCCO - For The Californian Some credit siblings, others...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:26:00 PST

Article: Valley News, 5/6/07 by Peter Surowski

So a while back, there was an article about us in the Temecula Valley News. I just realized we never blogged it. Here's the link to view it on their site:http://www.myvalleynews.com/story.php?story_ID...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:36:00 PST

Past Shows

Not bad, eh?? I count 63 (plus the 23 shows we played before changing our name from Better Than Nothing) ----------2007----------6/25/07 - Crossroads / Fresno, CA 6/24/07 - Johnny V's / San...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Wed, 23 May 2007 04:52:00 PST

Jumping Turtle

Well kids, tonight was another interesting show. I just got back from Costa Rica yesterday, and when I got home, we got a call asking to play at the Jumping Turtle tonight. We of course couldn't resis...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:34:00 PST

Exciting News!

Well, where to begin? Saturday, July 1st will be held dear in our hearts forever. At our show at Hogue Barmichael's, we unveiled several new songs that we've been working on, including probably the on...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:19:00 PST

Recording Updates

Hey this is Joe, giving the word on the new record. March 25th, we went in to Diamond Studios in San Dimas and laid down the first five drum tracks. Dan was a fucking stallion on that drumset. We fini...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:42:00 PST

sponsor / contest

Hey everyone. As of this month, we have a sponsor: Tereska Clothing Company. Here is their website: http://www.freewebs.com/tereskaco/. For every shirt you order from their site, (if you circle ...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

SHOULD WE USE THIS SHIRT?

Alright so I guess the other t-shirt couldn't be screen-printed because it has a "gradient." They designed a similar one to use instead. what do you think? if you approve, there will be 72 of...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

NEW SHIRT DESIGNS - COMMENT!!!

we're going to be professionally printing up some shirts soon. we can probably only use one design/color though so we'd like your input. we're trying to decide between the first ...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Madlin's Show + more

Well, last night's show was very interesting. I had to use my backup bass amp and Dan had the shittiest drumsticks in the world, so we had our equipment working against us the whole time. We only mana...
Posted by STRIKE TWELVE on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST